conflict with effective communication and good working relations. In 1997, the University of Texas at Austin renamed its art museum the Blanton Museum of Art in his honor after receiving a $12 million donation from Houston Endowment Inc. References External links Former Regents of UT – Jack S. Blanton Bio. Sketch of Jack S. Blanton The Scurlock Foundation Jack Blanton Oral History at Houston Oral History Project, October 30, 2007 1927 births 2013 deaths American chief executives Lamar High School (Houston, Texas) alumni University of Texas School of Law alumni People from Houston People from Shreveport, Louisiana Rice University people 20th-century American philanthropists